Finger ring



y 1938- A. A. AHLQUIST 2,118,335

FINGER RING Filed April 13, 1937 INVENTOR. I .532217/flt4i4 J/yuzz'sf AITORNEYS.

Patented May 24, 1938 UNITED STATES FINGER RING Arthur Alvin Ahlquist,

Uncas Manufacturing Company,

of Rhode Island Norwood, it. I., assignor to a corporation Application April 13, 1937, Serial No. 136,608

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a finger ring; and has for one of its objects the formation of a desired ornamental appearance in a simple and inexpensive manner from an assembly of several different parts, enabling the parts to be made in tool operations in large quantities, whereby the cost of the ring may be a minimum.

Another object of the invention is the formation of a stone set ring with an ornamental configuration about the stone setting or head which will be of attractive appearance and may be easily and quickly assembled from parts going to make up the desired appearance, and whereby a simple variation of one of these parts may form a different design or appearance of the ornamental setting, while the other parts may remain the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the ring;

Fig. 2 is an exploded View of the several parts 25 of the ring shown in separated relation to indicate their individuality;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the shank of the ring;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the orna- 30 mental members or arms as it is cut out from sheet stock;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 illustrating this arm as bent into shape prior to assembly upon the shank and setting;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the setting as cut out from sheet stock;

Fig. 7 is a section on line l'--! of Fig. 6, showing the relief formation of the ornamental setting;

Fig. 8 is a sectional View of the setting as drawn into cup shape; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of an alternative form of ornamental member or arm which may be provided, indicating a little different design of the ring.

In the manufacture of rings frequently a large number of hand operations are employed in order that a particular design or configuration may be had. Such hand operations require considerable labor and the cost of production for making rings in this manner is high; and in order that this labor may be reduced and the desired ornamental configuration provided, I have formed the ornamental portion of the ring in several parts from tool operations and assembled these parts whereby the desired configuration may be had at a minimum expenditure of time; and the following is a more detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished:

With reference to the drawing, Ill designates generally the head member of the ring, II the shank of the ring, and [2 one of the ornamental arms which is connected at one of its ends to the head and at the other of its ends to the shank, thus providing a space between the remainder of the arm and the other parts of the ring, and in this space I provide an ornament l3.

The head consists, in this instance, of a gem setting which may be made in varying sizes and in varying shapes or of varying ornamental configuration on its outer surface as at M. The head is cut out from sheet stock as indicated at I5 in Fig. 6 and provided with ornamental openings i6 and a central opening IT with the portions I8 in relief, as at l9 (see Fig. 7) so as to form a flower or petal effect when the struck blank is drawn up into cup shape, as indicated at in Fig. 8. This cupping leaves the base portion 2! flat and of considerable thickness, while the side walls are thicker at one portion l8 and thinner at other portions 22 as a result of the striking operation which the blank undergoes.

The shank ll of the ring is formed arcuate with its ends 23 secured to the base 2| of the setting or head as by solder. The end portions 24 of the shank are reduced so as to provide a shoulder 25 between these reduced portions and the arcuate remainder of the shank as illustrated clearly in Fig. 3. These shoulders form a seat for ornamental arms to be attached to the ring.

The ornamental arms designated generally l2 consist of a strip of stock 26 cut out from a sheet with ornaments designated generally [3 at the opposite edges, which comprises circular ears 21 with openings through them in the particular formation shown in Figs. 4 and 5 which are in the same plane as the stock 26 when originally cut from the sheet. These ears, however, are bent, as shown in Fig. 5 at 28, and at the same time the arms may be curved slightly as at 29, if desired. However, any suitable ornamental configuration such as designated generally l3 may be provided on such arms, and I have illustrated in Fig. 9 an optional or different ornamentation which is designated 30. This type of ornamentation, however, may be varied and multiplied at will.

This arm I2 is secured with its tapered end 3| abutting the shoulder 25 and its opposite end 32 in contact with and secured to the gem setting at a point adjacent its upper edge, While the ornament I 3 extends across the space 33 and is secured at the point at which it touches the head or shank, usually by solder.

By making a ring in this manner it is apparent that the ornamental arms may carry ornaments of varying shapes or configurations which will vary the design of the ring, whilealso the setting may take on some variations and yet the shank portion will be standard in each instance.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claim.

I claim:

A finger ring comprising a head member, a shank having bifurcated ends providing a pair of spaced arms at each end thereof attached to said head member and positioned in a plane passing centrally of the ring and at right angles to the axis thereof,'one arm of each pair being an individual part attached to said shank, ornamental members bridging'the space between the arms of each pair intermediate the points of connection to the shank and the head member, each ornamental member having an opening on each side thereof between the parts which it bridges. ARTHUR ALVIN AHLQUIST. 

